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Undaunted Courage
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Undaunted Courage (1996) (edit title/settings)

Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

by Stephen E. Ambrose (Author) (edit contributors)

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In this sweeping adventure story, Stephen E. Ambrose, the bestselling author of D-Day, presents the definitive account of one of the most momentous journeys in American history. Ambrose follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition from Thomas Jefferson's hope of finding a waterway to the Pacific,... read more

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  • - Lewis and Clark are commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly acquired Louisianna Territory
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From the west-facing window of the room in which Meriwether Lewis was born on August 18, 1774, one could look out at Rockfish Gap, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, an opening to the West that invited exploration.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Introduction
Acknowledgements
1. Youth
2. Planter
3. Soldier
4. Thomas Jefferson's America
5. The President's Secretary
6. The Origins of the Expedition
7. Preparing for the Expedition
8. Washington to Pittsburg
9. Down the Ohio
10. Up the Mississippi to Winter Camp
11. Ready to Depart
12. Up the Missouri
13. Entering Indian Country
14. Encounter with the Sioux
15. To the Mandans
16. Winter at Fort Mandan
17. Report from Fort Mandan
18. From Fort Mandan to Marias River
19. From Marias River to the Great Falls
20. The Great Portage
21. Looking for the Shoshones
22. Over the Continental Divide
23. Over the Bitterroots
24. Down the Columbia
25. Fort Clatsop
26. Jefferson and the West
27. Return to the Nez Perce
28. The Lolo Trail
29. The Marias Exploration
30. The Last Leg
31. Reporting to the President
32. Washington
33. Philadelphia
34. Virginia
35. St. Louis
36. St. Louis January-August 1809
37. Last Voyage
38. Aftermath
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 70 of 95 in The Art of Manliness' Essential Man’s Library. (authoritative list)
This book is in Book Lover's Cook Book, The. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Stephen E. Ambrose (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Cotter Smith

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0684811073
Page Count: 512

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Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: F 0592.7.A49 1996
  • Dewey: 917.8042

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